Émile Peynot

Émile Edmond Jean Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French artist sculptor and medallist.

Bio
Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy. He became well known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880, and a left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador. He died in Paris in 1932.

Famous works

 * Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon.
 * Monument to Henri Schneider, Le Creusot.
 * Monument to François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges.
 * Marchand Tunisien ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon.
 * La Aurora ("The Twilight"), Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires.
 * Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento ("Flowers for Sarmiento"), Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires.
 * La Lucha Eterna ("The Eternal Fight"), El Ejido park, Quito.
 * Francia a la Argentina A gift from the French government created for Argentina centenary in 1910; it depicts two female figures, representing both countries, an angel of prosperity “Gloria” and four smaller figures: Science, Industry, Agriculture and the Arts.